The information you have generously provided has been invaluable for research into many conditions including cancer, arthritis, cardiovascular disease and eye disease.
Below is a selection of scientific papers that have recently been published using data from Health 2020 participants. Some of this research has involved researchers from across Australia and around the world.
- Arriaga, M. E., C. M. Vajdic, K. Canfell, et al. The burden of cancer attributable to modifiable risk factors: the Australian cancer-PAF cohort consortium. BMJ Open. 2017 7(6): e016178.
- Dugué, P.-A., J. K. Bassett, J. E. Joo, et al. DNA methylation-based biological aging and cancer risk and survival: Pooled analysis of seven prospective studies. International Journal of Cancer. 2017.
- Hodge, A. M., J. K. Bassett, R. L. Milne, et al. Consumption of sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of obesity-related cancers. Public Health Nutr. 2018: 1-9.
- Krishnan, K., L. Baglietto, J. Stone, et al. Longitudinal Study of Mammographic Density Measures That Predict Breast Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 26(4): 651-660.
- McGuinness, M. B., R. P. Finger, A. Karahalios, et al. Age-related macular degeneration and mortality: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. Eye. 2017.
- Milne, R. L., A. S. Fletcher, R. J. MacInnis, et al. Cohort Profile: The Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study (Health 2020). Int J Epidemiol. 2017.
- Petimar, J., K. M. Wilson, K. Wu, et al. A Pooled Analysis of 15 Prospective Cohort Studies on the Association Between Fruit, Vegetable, and Mature Bean Consumption and Risk of Prostate Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017.
- Stanesby, O., H. Jayasekara, S. Callinan, et al. Women’s role in the rise in drinking in Australia 1950-1980: an age-period-cohort analysis of data from the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. Addiction. 2018.